CVE-2026-99122

vsock/vmci: validate packet source for connected sockets

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Oct 28, 2026
Updated
Oct 28, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vsock/vmci: validate packet source for connected sockets

vmci_transport_recv_stream_cb() looks up sockets first by the full source and destination tuple, then by destination only in the bound table. The fallback can select a non-listening socket without checking whether the packet came from its stored peer.

This was reproduced with two VMCI contexts. A RST from the context not stored in a TCP_SYN_SENT socket reset that socket after it was selected by the destination-only lookup.

VMCI can process notification packets in bottom-half context when the socket is not owned by user context, or defer packets to a workqueue. Use vsock_check_source() after taking the socket lock in the bottom-half path, and recheck after lock_sock() in the workqueue path. Listening sockets continue to accept packets from any source.

Reply with a RST addressed from the received packet before dropping a source that fails validation. This preserves the existing reset behavior for bound non-listening and concurrently closed sockets without directing the reset to a connected socket's stored peer.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 to before c027f8b429dbb2157fc1b503df196e272d947c89Affected
  • d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 to before 90c423b62ec9be08177f74b07a47937ca8d2035bAffected
  • d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 to before ad9a7da3fa39c2d616ec0dd3cf6e30531d032fe7Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 3.9Affected
  • before 3.9Not affected
  • 6.18.59 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.13 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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